Reuse a plastic bottle competition

.In association with Killeshandra Tidy Towns  and Scoil Bhríde's 4th Green Flag for Global Citizenship  Marine Environment, children from the school participated in a competition called 'Most Imaginative Use of a Plastic Bottle' .  The aim of the competition was to promote awareness of the impact of plastic on our environment and also highlight the importance of recycling properly.  More than eight million tons of plastic is dumped into our oceans every year. Plastic never biodegrades fully, but breaks down into tiny pieces, releasing toxic chemicals that end up in our food chain and water supply, creating a soupy mess of plastic. Well done to the Scoil Bhríde Green Team on their continuous work at reducing the use of plastic in the school as  98% of pupils now use reusable water bottles and lunch boxes - as opposed to cling film. . 

Children were asked to come up with the most imaginative use of a plastic bottle and all of the exhibits were outstanding.

All participants received an acknowledgment of their entry butthe following winners were most outstanding.  

Fatima Sahi - Most Creative Prize an ornamental tree. 

Abaigh Sweeney -  Biodiversity Prize a bird feeder.  

Rián O'Reilly - Most Attention to Detail Prize a skeleton with movable parts. 

Lauren Nulty -  Most Imaginative Prize a pencil case complete with zip. 

Holly Fitzpatrick - Quantity Prize (most used bottles) a foot stool.   

Adrian Magee - Fun Element Prize a bat mobile.

Prizes were sponsored by Killeshandra Tidy Towns.

Thanks to all pupils who entered our competition.

Also a big thanks to our judges Chris Kirk, Heather Bothwell, Anne Shanley and Maire O'Reilly.

The Killeshandra Tidy Towns Committee kindly sponsored the prizes as part of their  Anti-Litter & Anti-Graffiti Awareness Grant 2018.

Killeshandra Tidy Towns Committee

An ornamental Tree

Bird Feeder 

Skeleton

Pencil case complete with zip

Foot stool

Bat mobile

just a few tips

1. Bring a bag when shopping.
2. Just say no to straws. 
3. Use reusable produce bags. Just say "no" to plastic produce bags. 
4. Use reusable bottles and cups. 
5. Return reusable containers.
6. Recycle Recycle Recycle